Social Interaction With Autistic Child

What is autism?

The term ‘autism’ is come from word ‘autos’ which mean ‘self’. However, ‘-isme’ means a flow. Autism is referring to someone who is living in their own world. It affects 3 components which are social, communication and behaviour.

Thus, child with autism are having difficulties in:

Speech & Language

Emotion

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Cognitive

Play skills

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What are the language and communication difficulties in children with autism?

Most of the child with autism having speech and language delay compared to the same age peers. Each children with autism are having different level of speech and language development based on the severity (mild to severe) of the autistic characteristics.